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Nestling 1,000 feet up on the northern edge of Dartmoor, above the Skaigh Valley, where the river Taw tumbles over the rocks, lies a little haven of peace – Belstone. A village of only 250 inhabitants, this close and friendly community ranges in age from toddlers to those in their nineties.
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Kestor hut circles. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“A lonely, desolate spot, forsaken even by the cattle and wild ponies of the forest, but yet affording a far off glimpse of the cultivated world beyond those hills which form a barrier to the north.”
Also on Our DartmoorNewleycombe Lake enclosed hut circle settlement, west — Two joined enclosures with six hut circles, 2.7 to 4.2 m across, on a north-facing slope above Newleycombe Lake.
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